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{{short description|Indian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Loken Meitei
| image = 
| image_size = 
| caption = 
| fullname = Moirangthem Loken Meitei
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|5|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Manipur]], India
| height = {{height|m=1.70}}
| currentclub = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 2012–2014
| youthclubs1 = [[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]]
| years1 = 2014–2016
| clubs1 = [[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]]
| caps1 = 20
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2016–2017
| clubs2 = [[Real Kashmir F.C.|Real Kashmir]]
| caps2 = 19
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2017
| clubs3 = Sagolband United
| caps3 = 9
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2017–2018
| clubs4 = [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2018–2019
| clubs5 = [[Kerala Blasters FC Reserves|Kerala Blasters 'B']]
| caps5 = 7
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2019–2020
| clubs6 = [[TRAU F.C.|TRAU]]
| caps6 = 5
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2020–
| clubs7 = [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]]
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2015
| nationalteam1 = [[India national under-20 football team|India U19]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 22:38, 03 September 2019 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 
}}

'''Moirangthem Loken Meitei''' (born 4 May 1997) is an Indian professional [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[East Bengal F.C.|East Bengal]] in the [[Indian Super League]].

==Career==
Loken started his career with the youth set-up at [[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Royals trounce Green Valley|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140226/jsp/northeast/story_18020774.jsp#.VOl80bDF-mE|accessdate=22 February 2015|work=Telegraph India|date=26 February 2014}}</ref> before joining Shillong First Division side Shillong United for the 2014 season on loan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shillong United score five against Nongkrem|url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2014/08/14/shillong-united-score-five-against-nongkrem/|accessdate=22 February 2015|work=The Shillong Times|date=14 August 2014}}</ref>

He made his professional debut for Royal Wahingdoh in the [[I-League]] on 27 January 2015 against [[Bharat FC]], coming on as a 93rd-minute substitute for [[Bekay Bewar]] as Royal Wahingdoh won 2–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bharat FC 1-2 Royal Wahingdoh|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2015/01/27/india/i-league/bharat-fc/royal-wahingdoh-fc/1980980/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=22 February 2015}}</ref>

===Kerala Blasters===
On 23 July 2017, Meitei was selected in the 13th round of the [[2017–18 ISL Players Draft]] by the [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]] for the [[2017–18 Indian Super League season]].<ref>{{cite news|title=ISL 2017 player draft, as it happened: ATK, Jamshedpur FC and Pune strike big|url=https://thefield.scroll.in/844751/isl-2017-player-draft-live-updates-eugenson-lyngdoh-anas-edathodika-touted-as-top-draws|accessdate=2 November 2017|work=The Field|date=23 July 2017}}</ref> He made his debut for the club on 9 December 2017 against [[FC Goa|Goa]]. He started and played 62 minutes as Kerala Blasters lost 5–2.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goa 5-2 Kerala Blasters|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/12/09/india/indian-super-league/india-fc-goa/kerala-blasters/2597763/|website=Soccerway}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
''Stats accurate as of 27 November 2020 ''<ref>{{soccerway|loken-meitei/394646}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Others
!colspan="2"|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Royal Wahingdoh F.C.|Royal Wahingdoh]]
|[[2014–15 I-League|2014–15]]
|[[I-League]]||2||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||2||0
|- 
|[[2015–16 I-League|2015–16]]
|[[I-League]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||0||0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[Real Kashmir F.C.|Real Kashmir]]
|[[2016–17 I-League 2nd Division|2016–17]]
|[[I-League 2nd Division|I-League 2nd Div]]||6||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||6||0
|- 
|rowspan="1"|[[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
|[[2017–18 Indian Super League season|2017–18]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||6||0||1{{efn|Appearances in the [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]]}}||0||0||0||—||—||7||0
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Kerala Blasters FC Reserves|Kerala Blasters (R)]]
|[[2017–18 I-League 2nd Division|2017–18]]
|[[I-League 2nd Division|I-League 2nd Div]]||3||1||0||0||0||0||—||—||3||1
|-
|[[2018–19 I-League 2nd Division|2018–19]]
|[[I-League 2nd Division|I-League 2nd Div]]||4||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||4||0
|-
|rowspan="1"|[[TRAU F.C.|TRAU]]
|[[2019–20 I-League|2019–20]]
|[[I-League]]||5||0||0||0||0||0||—||—||5||0
|- 
|rowspan="1"|[[SC East Bengal|East Bengal]]
|[[2020–21 SC East Bengal season|2020–21]]
|[[Indian Super League]]||1||0||0||0||—||—||—||—||1||0
|- 
!colspan="3"|Career Total
!27!!1!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!28!!1
|}


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==References==
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{{East Bengal F.C. squad}}

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[[Category:1997 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian footballers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Manipur]]
[[Category:Royal Wahingdoh FC players]]
[[Category:Kerala Blasters FC players]]
[[Category:SC East Bengal players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:I-League players]]
[[Category:Indian Super League players]]
[[Category:Real Kashmir FC players]]
[[Category:TRAU FC players]]
[[Category:Kerala Blasters FC Reserves and Academy players]]


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